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Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as suspension
lymphoblastoid morphology
SPECIES: human (male)
TISSUE/ORGAN: lymphocyte
TRANSFORMED BY: HTLV-1
tumorigenic in nude mice
Endogenous viruses: contains HTLV-1
PROPERTIES: virus prod.; virology; oncogenic viruses
Available in the following LABORATORY:
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Dip.Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, Universita' degli Studi (RMUFM, Roma)
RPMI 1640 + 15% FBS + Antibiotics + 2mM L-Glutamine; Freezing medium: Culture medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO; 37C, 5% CO2
Derived from umbilical cord blood lymphocytes immortalized by HTLV-1. Induces leukemias in nude mice. Possible mycoplasma infection
Validated by: immunofluorescence * T cell markers * viral markers
Bibliographic references:
- Science 1983;219:856 - PMID: 6600519
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